COMPARING LITERARY WORKS
Challenges and Choices
LEVI STRAUSS
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
 Literary Analysis- figurative language pg. 187
 Metaphor
 A direct comparison: A is B
 Simile
 A less direct comparison: A is like B (usually use as or like)
 Personification
 The attribution of human characteristics to an object, animal,
concept, or force of nature: “Death rattled his cane in the outer
courtyard.”
GENERATING QUESTIONS
 Reading Strategy- generating questions pg. 187
 Think about the questions a reporter asks during an interview and why.
 Reporters need to understand the story and want to know the person
being interviewed.
 A similar technique works on a written text.
 Reading is like engaging in a conversation with the writer. Asking
questions keeps the reader actively involved in the text, looking for
answers as he or she reads on.
 Reminder: you will not find satisfactory answers to every question on a first
reading.
READING ASSIGNMENT
1. Give textual evidence of metaphor and personification in the
poem “The Road Not Taken”. Explain. “__________” (Frost, 1).
2. As you read the next two selections ask and answer questions
for each of the following: who, what, where, when, why, how.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Rewrite one of your unanswered questions.
Reread for context clues
7-9 sentence- infer possible answers.
Textual evidence
Avoid “I think…”
INSPIRATIONAL WORDS
 Vocabulary Development pg. 163
 Write each vocabulary word 3 times
 Write a definition (not copied from the book) using synonyms
 Write a sentence using the word correctly
 Draw a picture to show what it means
“I HAVE A DREAM” PG. 164
 Tone
 The authors attitude toward the subject in a piece of writing.
 Identify words that indicate how the author feels. (diction!)
 Mood
 The situations atmosphere or character’s feelings.
 “Creed”
 Copy King’s Personal Creed
 Create your own: 1-5 sentences that addresses your core
beliefs
REVIEW TONE & MOOD
1. Write a word on your paper that describes your feelings towards (tone) a
specific school day or favorite class.
2. Write a short story with a fictional character living through that day or class
without using that word but showing it through figurative language and
synonyms.
3. Write another word at the end of your story to show the atmosphere (mood) or
characters feelings during their experience.
 We will read several passages to the class and students will guess what the tone of
the author is.
CONNECTING LITERATURE AND MUSIC
 Watch Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech
 Read along on page 167 as you listen to “Pride” (In the Name of
Love) Song by U2
 Complete “Connecting Literature and Music” at the bottom of
the page 167
ROSA PARKS “MY STORY” PG. 168
 Complete Review and Assess on pg. 169
 Use complete sentences that use the question in your answer
 Ex:
 Question: What is one good study habit?
 Unclear Answer: Work somewhere with minimal distractions.
 Clear Answer: One worthy study habit is to work somewhere with
minimal distractions.
NEW TERMS
 Tone
 Mood
 The authors attitude toward the  The situations atmosphere or
subject in a piece of writing.
character’s feelings.
 Mood vs. tone
 Identify words that indicate
how the author feels. (diction!)
 Mary Poppins
 Music, characters, action
 Anecdote- a brief story about  Author Purpose
an interesting , amusing, or
strange event told to illustrate a
point.
 Inform
 Persuade
 Entertain
“A LINCOLN PREFACE” PG. 152
1. As you read the anecdotes in “A Lincoln Preface,” jot down in a
word or two 5 anecdotes and what they tell about Lincoln.
2. What is Carl Sandburg’s (author) purpose in relaying these stories
about Lincoln? inform or persuade or entertain… explain
3. What is Carl Sandburg’s Tone in this selection? Give cited textual
evidence.
4. Cite textual evidence from a specific situation in this selection.
What is the mood created?
“………” (author’s last name, page #).
RIVALRY
 How do rivals behave toward one another?
 How far will rivals go to outdo one another?
 What kinds of outcomes can result from a rivalry?
IN DIPLOMATIC TERMS THERE ARE THREE
TYPES OF WAR…
1. Hot War : this is actual warfare.
All talks have failed and the
armies are fighting.
2. Warm War : this is where talks
are still going on and there
would always be a chance of a
peaceful outcome but armies,
navies etc. are being fully
mobilized and war plans are
being put into operation ready
for the command to fight.
THE COLD WAR
3. Cold War : this term is used to describe the relationship
between America and the Soviet Union 1945 to 1991.
 The Cold war is called “cold” because no
fighting was involved.
 The Cold War was a standoff between the U.S.
and the Soviet Union, which were the only great
powers in the word at the end of World War II.
 One of the most dramatic episodes in the Cold
War was the Cuban Missile Crisis.
 (MBC Video)
FABLE
 Fable- a brief story that teaches a lesson. Pg. 177 (literary Analysis)
 Give examples of fables you have read.
 Many familiar fables, like “The Turtle and the Hare” have been retold to every new
generation since ancient times. Because fables teach simple lessons about getting
along, they apply to all times and places.
 The moral, or lesson, of the fable may be stated directly OR shown through the choices
that the characters make.
 Each of the rivalry fables we read will parallel
the Cold War
 “The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind” by Ray Bradbury
 The Butter Battle Book
THE BUTTER BATTLE BOOK
 Butter Battle Book
 What similarities are there between this tale and the Cold War?
 What is the moral to the story?
LITERARY CIRCLE (BOOK CLUB):
“THE GOLDEN KITE, THE SILVER WIND”
BY RAY BRADBURY
 Prepare
1. 5 notes on the Cold War
2. 5 notes on Ray Bradbury
3. Read “The Golden Kite, The Silver Wind”
by Ray Bradbury
1. Create 5 open ended discussion questions
2. Give 5 significant quotes and cite each one.
 Discuss
 Reflect
POSSIBLE QUESTIONS
 How is the lesson in this fable revealed?
 What symbolic meaning do the walls, cities, characters and their relationships
have?
 Why did Ray Bradbury use this story as a parallel to The Cold War?
 Did Mandarin’s daughter give her father good advice? Why or why not?
 How is this example of personification creating more understanding of the
authors purpose?
REVIEW OF TERMS
 Figurative language
 Fable
 Simile
 Anecdote
 Metaphor
 Author Purpose
 Inform
 Persuade
 entertain
 Personification
 Parallelism
 Tone
 Mood
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NARRATIVE PG. 140
 What challenge have you overcome that has helped
you to grow?
1.
Prewrite
2.
Outline
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3.
clearly organized in time
make a central point
contain specific details relevant to that point- senses,
summary, personal reflection
3.
Draft
4.
Edit
5.
Format
6.
Rewrite
7.
Edit
8.
Final paper